It's always a wonder how reactive we can be at times.
I visited two clients today in Fields Corner, home to many of Boston's Vietnamese community.
A young lady got shot on her porch last week and it troubles me to no end when I hear and read all these crafted reactive quotes about street outreach and mentoring and yadda yadda yadda. Just do it continuously throughout the whole fuqing and we'd be a lot better off.
It's too cliche or even risque for me to yap about how i be up in the hood reppin this and that. yadda yadda yadda. boring. And I don't even do nearly as much as I lot of other peoples I know. But really though. I like peace and quiet, but there's something about city blocks that has always intrigued me more than suburban life. And it's not like i'm slanging or posted up on the block chilling with dudes with random habits and no real set schedule. I just like shopping in my community. I like going to the 99 cent store in Uphams Corner instead of CVS. Sometimes I like stopping to say whattup to random kids and talking to them about school and technology. Sue me. You should see the reactions and facial expressions I get when I'm at a school and I shake a hand and then tell them to give me dap too. Priceless.
But i guess that was too much of a tangent. so anyways, rev. eugene rivers was quoted in an article on Sunday about his plans to launc a coalition to confront violence. and then on Monday, another article came out wih him talking about hiring ex-cons and paying them to work the street daily earning teens' trust.
I'm all for it, yo.
But peep Bruce Wall's thoughts: Asked for comment on Rivers's new plan, Wall said yesterday : "This will be one more of many plans that are on the table. What needs to happen, is that rather than having five plans on the table, we need to have one plan that we all agree to throughout the city.
Say Word.
Enough with the press conferences and pretty shT. Just roll yoru sleeves up and do the damn thing, son. Too many muthafuqas are content just going to work, eating out on occasion, and hitting up the club. Life will pass you by. And I swear I try to get some of the many folks I know in this town to try and come through to stuff when I slide through, but it just weighs so heavy on your head, like I'm a PO chasing somebody down to do mandatory community service. You wouldn't think the shT was voluntary. Nah, son, don't get it twisted. You literally gotta twist a muthafuqas arm to get them out to a neighborhood event.
But let me have an open bar.
Niggas will be up in there like swimwear.
2 comments:
It's funny I ran across this today. I just spoke with Con 1 today and he and I were talking about this. I told him like I'll tell you...I don't think it's that people aren't interested. I think it's that they don't have anything up and running or organized to be interested in. At least for me, that's the problem. I have been or tried to get involved with various community outreach programs to no avail...the kids didn't show up...I never heard anything else about it...the meetings were cancelled or I didn't get the email until the day of or the event is during business hours on a weekday. I can't operate like that. These aren't excuses...it's the truth. So, I'm burnt.
Being a transplant, I look to you and others like you that are from the B to lead the way and hip me to something that intrigues ME. Not saying that that's not what you do already because you are a very postitive and involved brother. But, you can't expect for people to do things on your time...you have to appeal to them to make time out of thier time.
I gave Con a few ideas of some kind of programs I would be interested in helping out with and/or leading. I told him to get in touch with me when a program with a some organization, substance and a clear plan with a result in mind gets up and running.
Im not even gonna front my idea of community outreach is taking my girls daughter to the mall....Im all for the concept EACH ONE TEACH ONE and I hope that although IM not physically teaching them anything they SEE me handling business and doing alright for myself and being INDEPENDENT!!!!!IM tired of the Herald blaming in on Mayor Menino and some community activist talking about he gonna sue the mayor for not putting the extra police on the force...WAKE UP!!!!!!!Its not the MAYORS fault that Jose in Uphams COrner got shot...Old TOm was at the crib laid up with wifey. Adding more cops aint gonna solve the problem .Cuz once we get more COPS, teh violence is still gonna escalate then WHAT>..the female comissioner already RESIGNED cuz they BLAMED her and now look...the MURDER RATE is HIGHER....so whos to blame here? Good post!!!!
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